The first snow of the season is falling Saturday morning, expected to end around noon, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
The NWS forecast shows expected accumulations of less than an inch in Lawrence.
Some areas of northeastern Kansas will likely see accumulations of 1 to 3 inches, however, and roads will be slippery.
The NWS forecast shows a high temperature of 35° Saturday afternoon, leading to potential overnight lows around 19°. Forecasts for Sunday and Monday show similar temperatures.
The probability of widespread hazardous weather over the next few days is low, according to a weather advisory from the NWS.
Where are the snow plows, and how are the roads?
City crews begin snow and ice control operations on residential streets only once accumulations reach 2 inches or more.
Here’s a map that gets updated anytime the snow plows are on the roads.
The map also includes traffic camera views of some intersections around town. You can also see the map online at lawrenceks.org/snow.
There’s also a map that shows some road temperatures and conditions. That’s available at this link.
The city has published a snow and ice control plan for 2024-25:
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“To make public sidewalks safe for all pedestrians, the owner of property immediately adjacent to a public sidewalk is responsible for the removal of any snow or ice that accumulates on the sidewalk,” according to the City of Lawrence. “Removal must be done within 48 hours after the ice forms or the snowfall ends.”
If it’s impossible to remove ice, the property owner is required to place sand on the sidewalk within 48 hours.
See more weather resources at the links below.
More photos
Reader Walt Clogston submitted these photos of the snow Saturday morning.
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Severe weather resources
National Weather Service local office (Topeka):
• Find the latest weather forecast info and severe weather advisories for the Lawrence area at this link.
• In the event of rapidly changing severe weather, such as tornadoes, the NWS posts frequent updates on Twitter, @NWSTopeka. You do not need a Twitter account to see tweets from NWS.
• NWS is also on Facebook, facebook.com/NWSTopeka.
• Call 785-234-2592 to hear the forecast.
Douglas County Emergency Management:
• Follow @DgCoEM on Twitter or Douglas County, KS- Emergency Management on Facebook, facebook.com/dgcoem.
• Sign up to receive emergency alerts at dgcoks.org/emalerts.
• Find lots of tips on severe weather and other emergency preparedness on DgCoEM’s website at douglascountyks.org/emergency-management.
• Report storm damage (for non-emergencies only, and after storm danger has passed) by calling the nonemergency dispatch line at 785-843-0250 or 785-832-7509.
Evergy outages:
• Check the status of power outages on the Evergy outage map, outagemap.evergy.com.
• Report a power outage at evergy.com/report-outage, or call 800-544-4857.
• For down powerlines, call 911.
City of Lawrence snow info:
• The city has snow information and a map at lawrenceks.org/snow that shows information about road conditions and snow plow locations. The city typically begins snow and ice control for residential roadways when 2 or more inches of snowfall or icing occurs.
Air quality:
• Check the current air quality index in Lawrence and elsewhere through AirNow, airnow.gov.
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